Woman's dress
Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles)
(American, 1784–1826)
1815–20
Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain weave crepe with silk satin trim, metal hooks, silk plain weave lining (bodice)
DimensionsCenter back: 135.3 cm (53 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession number49.874
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ProvenanceWorn by Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Mrs. Benjamin Welles) (1784-1826) of Boston; Inherited by her granddaughter Miss Georgiana Welles Sargent (born 1858) of New York City; Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent, to MFA 1949
1820–25
1845–50
late 19th century
about 1840
about 1865
mid-19th century
second quarter of the 19th century
late 18th century
early 18th century
about 1850
about 1830; altered about 1893
first quarter of 19th century